DFB lasers between 760 nm and 16 μm for sensing applications

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2492-2510

  Zeller, Wolfgang ^a   Naehle, Lars ^a   Fuchs, Peter ^a   Gerschuetz, Florian ^a   Hildebrandt, Lars ^a   Koeth, Johannes ^a  

^a NANOPLUS NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DFB; Laser; QCL; Sensing

Indexed keywords

DFB; OPTICAL SENSING; QCL; SENSING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL REGION; TUNABLE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TUNING RANGES;

LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 77951730902     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100402492     Document Type: Review

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